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ENUGU: Prof Nwaokobia Hails Governor Peter Mbah Over Approach To End Sit At Home

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The Convener CountryFirst Movement, Prof Chris Mustapher Nwaokobia Jnr., has called on south east governors to join hands with the governor of Enugu state in his new approach to finding a lasting solution to the sit at home order by IPOB.

Nwaokobia in a press statement titled ” Disrupting The Sit-At-Home Regime, Ndigbo, Peter Mbah And The Rest Of Us”, said the continue Sit-At-Home Regime has done incalculable damage to business in the South East, hurting the region more than anything else since the Civil War, and cannot continue.

Nwaokobia said Peter Mbah the new Governor of Enugu State is not daring or spoiling for war with IPOB by declaring an end to Sit-At-Home in Enugu State, but that the governor is only calling out Ndigbo to an entirely new thinking, to devise a new strategy for the development of the South East, and for a new approach to the call for justice for Ndigbo, and for freedom for Nnamdi Kanu.

Part of the statement reads;

“I have followed the politics of the South East with unhindered interest since I was a Law Undergraduate student at the University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus UNEC, some 30 years ago.”

“I saw a sizable part of my Teenage years in the land of Hills and Valleys, Enugu. I am an adopted son of the Asogwas and the Ugwuada-Ezirigwes of the Nsukka axis of Enugu State, and I love the State of my Youth, interestingly it was during my days in the University of Nigeria Enugu Campus that I met a beautiful Student and classmate who became my wife and the mother of my kids. So Enugu is dear to my heart.”

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“A few days ago a new helmsman took charge at the Lion Building in Enugu as Governor, his name is Barrister Peter Ndubuisi Mbah, a Lawyer and an accomplished Businessman. What strikes a huge cord in me about the new watchman is not just his sense of urgency and humility BUT his readiness to disrupt old values, biases and myths, and like a man possessed with a deep sense of responsibility and purpose he has called out Ndigbo to think differently and to do things differently.”

“In June 2021 the Indigenous People Of Biafra IPOB announced a Monday Sit-At-Home Regime that was to commence across the South East in August of that year until Nnamdi Kanu’s release from custody. Almost two years after, Nnamdi Kanu is still in custody and the South East suffers the loss of her Mondays, businesses atrophy, man hours lost, schools and markets are closed and fear pervades the entire region. To whose gain, you may wonder.”

“The Sit-At-Home Regime has done incalculable damage to business in the South East, it has hurt the region more than anything else since the Civil War, and we cannot continue to cut our nose to spite our faces. We must do things differently, that’s what Barrister Peter Mbah the new Governor of Enugu State is saying. He is not daring IPOB or spoiling for war with IPOB by declaring an end to Sit-At-Home in Enugu State, he is only calling out Ndigbo to an entirely new thinking, to devise a new strategy for the development of the South East, and for a new approach to the call for justice for Ndigbo, and for freedom for Nnamdi Kanu.”

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“Peter Mbah is simply calling out for an end to months of fear and apprehension, and pushing for a new era of faith and progress in Igboland. He is saying to the other Governors of the South East States of Imo, Anambra, Abia and Ebonyi, now is the time to do things differently, now is the time to reach out to all interests in the region, and now is the time to return the region to full activity starting with the capital of the old Eastern Region, Enugu. He says that Ndigbo as entrepreneurs and reputable owners of business cannot afford further lockdowns, and that our Mondays are too expensive to be shut down.”

“He is calling out Ndigbo to re-strategize and reappraise the cost of the actions we have taken thus far ditto our quest for justice, equity and fairness. He is asking ‘onye aju ona aju onwe’ya’? He is challenging the entire South East to resume work on Mondays, and he is calling out Ndigbo to massively concentrate on the development of the region. He is saying that an organized approach to the call for justice by Ndigbo is of greater profit than shutting down the entrepreneurial space. And he has volunteered to lead by example.”

“The age of fear and unreason must therefore be replaced by faith and reason. We must organize rather than agonize. And we must support the new helmsman in the Lion Building, in Enugu on the pathway to sustainable growth, peace and prosperity in the South East, such is the way to go.”

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“I wish Ndigbo well, I wish Ndi’Enugu well, and I wish the ebullient Governor of Enugu State the best as he navigates the waters of Igbo solidarity for progress and greatness.”

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Court dismisses Emefiele’s bid to reclaim forfeited 753 Abuja duplexes, apartments

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NDA inaugurates Queen Amina statute, other projects

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The Commandant, Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), Maj.-Gen. John Ochai, on Monday in Kaduna inaugurated the Queen Amina of Zazzau statute at the academy.

Ochai also inaugurated the Nigerian Defence Academy Officers Wives Association Secretariat and two vehicles.

He also inaugurated three four-bedroom flats each for senior staff of the academy.

The commandant said, “Queen Amina of Zazzau who was a warrior Queen, lived in this part of the country in the 15th century.”

Ochai said that her statute was put in place to motivate the cadets to put in their best and to imbibe some of the qualities with which she was known for.

He said and as it was recorded in the Kano Chronicles and also corroborated by oral tradition that she embodied leadership, courage, integrity, determination and bravery.

Ochai said, “These are the qualities we want our characters to have.

“The significance is that we are telling our own story in this part of Africa that there was a time there was a great queen in an era where when in other parts of the world bravery and warrior ship was still a masculine affair.

“So, Africa has had its great women before colonialism came, so it’s not a new thing we had a gender equality and we had women that have held their own.

“I must state here that the Queen Amina of Zazzau at the height of her reign occupied a territory of about 400,000 kilometers square which is about 40 to 50 per cent of the territory we now call Nigeria.

“So, you can imagine the magnitude of the area she controlled and this was as a result of her determination and leadership .”

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The commandant, therefore,urged the cadets to imbibe those qualities, adding, “that’s why we are honouring her.

“As you are aware, the Nigerian Defence Academy is located in Kaduna State and it’s part of the territory she once controlled and holds sway and that’s why we are recognising her as a warrior as well as a female.

“Today, we inaugurated the Nigerian Defence Academy Officers Wives Association Secretariat which was before now in the old academy’s site at the Ribadu Cantonment,” Ochai said.

He said the event marked a significant step in moving the officers wives and their activities to the permanent site.

Ochai added, “We also inaugurated three flats, four bedroom each for senior staff of the academy and the aim of this is to ensure that their welfare is well taken care of and that will motivate them to put in their best.”

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that NDA organised a Regimental Concert in honour of Ochai who is expected to hand over to his successor, Maj.-Gen. Abdul Ibrahim, on Tuesday. (NAN)

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Oluwole Oke: Defection Backfires As Cracks Widen In His Political Camp

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Aides, Allies Disown Him, Say You’re a Traitor, We’re not Leaving PDP

Barely two weeks after his defection from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC), crisis has enveloped the political camp of a member of the House of Representatives for Obokun/Oriade federal constituency in Osun State, Oluwole Oke.

Indeed, these are not the best of times for him as his defection to the APC is eliciting rejection from his close circles and constituency.

His key allies who he groomed into politics and government positions have rejected his calls on them to join him to defect to the APC.

A source said that in the last few days, key aides and allies of the lawmaker have rejected his movement to the APC, describing it as a political tragedy.

“With the way he betrayed PDP, Oluwole Oke is like the proverbial Leopard that can never change the spots on its body. He will also betray the APC. We are staying back in PDP while severing political links with him”, one of his allies, Bamidele Johnson said.

Some of his allies were said to have openly declared that the defection marks a political waterloo for the 6th term legislator.

For instance, some of Oke’s allies in his Local Government scorned his move as “a decision borne out of greed and selfishness.”

One of them described him as “an ingrate who betrayed a party on whose platform he got married in life as a lawmaker and on whose platform he gained all his material riches.”

 

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